I am coming into this thread a bit late... I do not recall ever having a problem using DFSort to process SMF. I use DFSort all the time to spin off my CICS, DB2, Security records etc... It works just fine. I even have it where I use DFSort to keep my SMF data in its own file(s) based on the date of the SMF record, (i.e. "today's" data, yesterday, the day before, etc...) and what is "not processed" is kept in the SPIN dataset until the next time.
HTH. On Mon Oct 8 8:56 , Martin Packer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >BTW my point about our preferring IFASMFDP over DFSORT (perhaps ICEGENER) >was meant to be a little provocative. (And ONE person responded offline, >pointing out the contradiction between my statement just now and what I've >said in my blog.) > >The recommendation to use IFASMFDP rather than ICEGENER came from "our" >accumulated 25 years or so of folklore in my team (aggregated as probably >more than 100 person years). SOMEWHERE in that vast time range someone >must've hit a problem with ICEGENER. Possibly in fact it would've been a >failure to specify VBS. Whatever, our instructions became "don't use >DFSORT or IEBGENER, use IFASMFDP. > >Personally I've never hit the problem and DFSORT Development pointed out >to me a while back they DON'T have a problem with spanned records. And >haven't as far back as they can remember, which I think is a LONG time. >:-) > >So, more pointedly than my previous attempt, has anyone ever had a problem >with ICEGENER / DFSORT copying SMF? And as much to the point what about >IEBGENER? > >Thanks, Martin > >Martin Packer >Performance Consultant >IBM United Kingdom Ltd >+44-20-8832-5167 >+44-7802-245-584 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >Unless stated otherwise above: >IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number >741598. >Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
